Project “Folder Holder” - Custom Open Air Bench for a 2P 24/7 Folder (Fold-Tron 3.0? still working on the name)

I’ve got the folding Bug; I love the idea of contributing to finding the cure for a Disease like cancer. The big C has been a huge part of my life, My Mother and Father have both Battled cancer and for the time being (fingers Crossed) beat it, my mother has had Cervix Cancer and Breast Cancer, My father had Lung Cancer and half of his lung was removed. My Grandmother Recently passed away after battling cancer for the last 10 years. One of my really good child hood friends just passed away after battling cancer from his 20’s until a few days before his 30th. My best Friends Mom passed away a couple of years ago after a long battle with cancer (she was like a second mom to me)My mom’s best friend passed away from cancer (super close family friend). I could go on and on, but you get the picture, it’s been a big part of my life and I’ve always wanted to do something to find a cure, I’ve fund raised (Michael Cuccione Foundation, Movember, Walk for Breast cancer etc...) Volunteered etc… then I found F@H, with every work unit returned I feel a huge amount of accomplishment, I feel like I’m really contributing. I have a passion for Building computers, and a passion to find the cure. F@H has given me an outlet to fuel both my passions.

So the reason for the “Folder Holder”; as I save up money ($161 and Counting) for a 24/7 dedicated folding rig, I will slowly put together an open air bench to house the computer.

My Idea is a 2 level/tier basic bench, using smoked Plexiglas and aluminium and some pvc parts. I’m looking at a custom SSD Bracket (like the one featured on MNPC Techs Fuzion Build “UN Designs X Bracket”) and Case feet like the MNPC Black Groove Billet Aluminium feet. An on/off switch built in to the Bench.

CPU’s - AMD Opteron OS6128WKT8EGOWOF X8 6128 (Sure Id love the 12 core P’s but 8 is more in my budget, AMD has provided me with great GPU’s and CPU’s in the past hence the reason to go with them again)

Still Lots to Do, in no particular order:Pick up some Chicago Screws to attach the plexiglass to the aluminum.Connect the Cross Beam for PCI CardsFile and Polish my cutsAttached Hard Drive HolderWire On off switchMake / Buy End Caps for the Open Aluminum TubesAttach aluminum fan Holders.Im sure there is more but im still reeling from my turkey hangover from last nights Canadian thanksgiving.

I hit a snag, My order from McMaster-Carr for Well Nuts/Rivet Nuts (motherboard Standoffs) was canceled by them:

"Aur Exports Distribution to me show details 8:43 AM (4 hours ago)

Due to the complexity of U.S. Export regulations, McMaster-Carr only accepts orders from our established customers in Canada. We’re sorry we can’t help you.Lauren"

This is a Load of manure, I order products form the US all the time, I ship things to the US all the time, its not complex at all. So back to the Drawing board, there is one company here in Canada i can order form its just double the price.

Just a small Update, One step closer to completing the “Folder Holder” thanks to Dave at UN Designs for his Donation of a UN Designs SSD Bracket.

I wanted to mention every CPU sitting idly by can make a difference if you get your “Fold” on ( http://folding.stanford.edu/ ) for those that don’t know about folding have a read. Let’s make a difference together, you might not think your one Computer can make any difference but it will and that’s the beauty of Distributed Computing, your 1 + many = super computing. Help when you can, every work unit returned is one step closer to a Cure.

Small Update, I received my first piece of Hardware today, A Corsair AX850 PSU (Thanks to Mike over at silentpcreview.com | Everything about Silent / Quiet Computers for the Great Price) , pretty sweet unit, Nice having an option to use 2 or 4 Sata Power cables.

The Bench is getting close to completion I have the Well Nuts on order (to make the mother board Stand Offs) Hard Drive / SSD Holder on its way from UNDesigns. Just Need some more Hardware

Similar yes. but using higher quality products for the construction (Plexiglas over MDF particle board, Aluminum over thin alloy tubing etc...), and larger to Accommodate a Server Board, a few Custom additions ie SSD Bracket from Un Designs. Plus I've spent less than the retail cost of one of those Tech Stations. But in the end yes a Test Bench aka Tech Station / Open Air Case.

After months of saving and slowly building I now have my 2P rig parts together (a Big Thanks to 3.0 Charlie over at HWC for the Motherboard, Ram and CPUs) I'm installing the OS as we speak and will be folding like a mutha this evening. The Open Air Bench will get some more tweaks I just wanted to test the hardware.

By two biggest beef with such a rig:1) The shelf space between the bottom and top rack could be reduced to save some space height wise.2) Too easy to spill beer and ruin the rig.

And whats with the taller columns on the back for? seems useless to have if you aren't running any add-on cards and looks unfinished without the support brace to connect the two columns like what you would see with open-air bench cases like this.

Yeah i could have shortened the height for sure. the bench is still a WIP there will be a support brace and some brackets for quickly securing the psu and a optical drive, wiring will be cleaned up as well, I was really was excited to play with the new hardware so i slapped it together.

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